Flank Opening
A flank opening is a chess opening played by White and typified by
play on one or both flanks (the portion of the chess board outside the
central d and e files). White plays in hypermodern style, attacking
the center from the flanks with pieces rather than occupying it with
pawns
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Saragossa Opening
The Saragossa Opening is a chess opening defined by the opening move:1. c3Since White usually plays more aggressively in the opening, the
Saragossa is considered an irregular opening, classified as A00 by the
Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings.Contents1 History
2 Basics
3 See also
4 References
5 External linksThis article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves.History[edit]
This opening became popular in the Saragossa chess club (Zaragoza,
Spain) in 1919. The next year club member José Juncosa analyzed the
opening in Revista del Club Argentino.[1] In 1922 a theme tournament
requiring the players to open with 1.c3 was arranged in Mannheim with
three participants, Siegbert Tarrasch, Paul Leonhardt and Jacques
Mieses, which Tarrasch won.
Basics[edit]
The opening of 1.c3 seems at first to be an unambitious move. It opens
a diagonal for the queen, but it makes only a timid claim to the
center
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The Oxford Companion To Chess
The Oxford Companion to
ChessChess is a reference book on the game of
chess, written by David Hooper and Kenneth Whyld.[1] The book is
written in an encyclopedia format. The book belongs to the Oxford
Companions series.
Details[edit]
The first edition of the book was published in 1984 by Oxford
University Press
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Desprez Opening
The Desprez Opening is a chess opening characterized by the opening
move:1. h4The opening is named after the French player Marcel Desprez. Like a
number of other rare openings, 1.h4 has some alternate names such as
Kadas Opening (after Gabor Kadas, a Hungarian player), Anti-Borg
Opening, Samurai Opening, and Reagan's Attack (according to Eric
Schiller's Unorthodox Chess Openings, the latter is a political gibe
against Ronald Reagan, since 1. h4 is "thoroughly unmotivated and
creates weaknesses with only vague promises of future potential").
As the Desprez Opening is very rare, it is considered an irregular
opening, so it is classified under the A00 code in the Encyclopaedia
of Chess Openings.Contents1 Assessment
2 See also
3 ReferencesThis article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves.Assessment[edit]
Like 1.a4, the Ware Opening, 1.h4 is an irrelevant pawn move which
does nothing in the fight over central space, and does very little for
development
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Clemenz Opening
The Clemenz Opening is a chess opening beginning with the move:1. h3This opening is named after Hermann Clemenz (1846–1908), an Estonian
player. It is considered an irregular opening, and is classified under
the code A00 (miscellaneous first moves by White) in the Encyclopaedia
of Chess Openings.Contents1 Discussion
2 See also
3 ReferencesThis article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves.Discussion[edit]
Like Anderssen's Opening, 1.a3, 1.h3 is a time-wasting move, as it
makes no claim on the central squares, nor does it aid development. It
also leads to a slight weakening of White's kingside, albeit not as
severely as Grob's Attack (1.g4) or Barnes Opening (1.f3). Since there
is no need for White to make such a time-wasting first move, it is
among the rarest of the 20 possible first moves
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Kenneth Whyld
Kenneth Whyld (6 March 1926 – 11 July 2003) was a British chess
author and researcher, best known as the co-author (with David Hooper)
of The Oxford Companion to Chess, a single-volume chess reference work
in English.
Whyld was a strong amateur chess player, taking part in the British
ChessChess Championship in 1956 and winning the county championship of
Nottinghamshire. He subsequently made his living in information
technology while writing books on chess and researching its history.
As well as The Oxford Companion to Chess, Whyld was the author of
other reference works such as Chess: The Records (1986), an adjunct to
the
Guinness Book of RecordsGuinness Book of Records and the comprehensive The Collected Games
of
Emanuel LaskerEmanuel Lasker (1998)
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Ware Opening
The Ware Opening, also known as Meadow Hay Opening, is an uncommon
chess opening for White beginning with the move:1. a4It is named after Preston Ware, a U.S. chess player who often played
uncommon openings. The Ware is considered an irregular opening; it is
classified under the A00 code in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings.Contents1 Opening idea
2 Variations
3 See also
4 ReferencesThis article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves.Opening idea[edit]
The Ware Opening attacks the b5-square and prepares to bring the
a1-rook into the game. The b5-square is non-essential and if Black
plays 1...e5, the f8-bishop prevents the development of the white rook
for the moment. The reply 1...e5 also gains space for Black in the
center, a typical objective of most openings but one completely
ignored by the Ware Opening
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International Standard Book Number
"ISBN" redirects here. For other uses, see ISBN (other).International Standard
BookBook NumberA 13-digit ISBN, 978-3-16-148410-0, as represented by an EAN-13 bar
codeAcronym
ISBNIntroduced
1970; 48 years ago (1970)Managing organisation
International ISBN AgencyNo. of digits
13 (formerly 10)Check digit
Weighted sumExample
978-3-16-148410-0Website
www.isbn-international.orgThe International Standard
BookBook Number (ISBN) is a unique[a][b]
numeric commercial book identifier. Publishers purchase ISBNs from an
affiliate of the International ISBN Agency.[1]
An ISBN is assigned to each edition and variation (except reprintings)
of a book. For example, an e-book, a paperback and a hardcover edition
of the same book would each have a different ISBN. The ISBN is 13
digits long if assigned on or after 1 January 2007, and 10 digits long
if assigned before 2007
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Mikhail TalMikhailMikhail Tal (Latvian: Mihails Tāls; Russian: Михаил
Нехемьевич Таль,
MikhailMikhail Nekhem'evich Tal,
pronounced [mʲɪxɐˈiɫ nʲɪˈxʲemʲɪvʲɪtɕ ˈtaɫ];
sometimes transliterated Mihails Tals or Mihail Tal; 9 November
1936 – 28 June 1992)[1] was a
SovietSoviet Latvian chess Grandmaster
and the eighth
World Chess ChampionWorld Chess Champion (from 1960 to 1961).
Widely regarded as a creative genius and one of the best attacking
players of all time, Tal played in a daring, combinatorial
style.[2][3] His play was known above all for improvisation and
unpredictability. Every game, he once said, was as inimitable and
invaluable as a poem.[4] He was often called "Misha", a diminutive for
Mikhail, and "The magician from Riga"
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Nick De Firmian
Nicholas Ernest de Firmian (born July 26, 1957 in Fresno, California),
is a chess grandmaster and three-time U.S. chess champion, winning in
1987 (with Joel Benjamin), 1995, and 1998. He also tied for first in
2002, but
Larry ChristiansenLarry Christiansen won the playoff. He is also a chess
writer, most famous for his work in writing the 13th, 14th, and 15th
editions of the important chess opening treatise Modern Chess
Openings.
He has represented the United States at several Interzonals and played
on the United States Olympiad teams of 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990,
1996, 1998, and 2000.[1] De Firmian earned the International Master
title in 1979 and the GM title in 1985. He currently resides in
California.
He won the 1983 Canadian Open
ChessChess Championship. In 1986, he won the
World Open and the first prize of $21,000, at that time a record for a
Swiss system tournament
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Pal BenkoPal BenkoPal Benko (Hungarian: Benkő Pál; born July 14, 1928) is a
Hungarian–American chess grandmaster, author, and composer of
endgame studies and chess problems.Contents1 Early life
2 World title candidate
3 Other achievements
4 Legacy and writings
5 Books
6 Notable games
7 References
8 Further reading
9 External linksEarly life[edit]
Benko was born in Amiens, France, but was raised in Hungary. At the
age of 12, Benko’s world was devastated by World War II. Life in
HungaryHungary during the war became filled with hardships and traumas. He
dug ditches for the Hungarian army, was then captured by the Russian
army, which forced him to be a laborer. He eventually escaped to his
home, to find that his brother and father had been sent to Russia as
slaves. During a chess tournament in East Berlin, Benko tried to
defect to the American embassy in West Berlin, but was captured, and
sent to a concentration camp for a year and a half
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Everyman Chess
Everyman
ChessChess is a major publisher of books and CDs about chess. The
company was formerly called Cadogan Chess. "Everyman" is a registered
trademark of
Random House and the company headquarters is in London.
Former World
ChessChess Champion
Garry KasparovGarry Kasparov is their chief advisor and
John Emms is the general editor, assisted by Richard Palliser. The
company is now known as "Gloucester Publishers".
In addition to individual books, the company publishes some series of
books
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